incented; incenting; incents
: incentivize
… a large prize … may also incent some employee referrals.—
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Therefore, the tariff incents no proper economic action but rather simply adds cost to US manufacturers.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 July 2025
However, in the long run, higher tariffs may help protect the viability of certain U.S. manufacturers and could incent greater investment in U.S. manufacturing.
—Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
These structural elements incent the current OEMs to limit product line breadth and create derivatives that stretch existing product lines across multiple use cases.
—Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 July 2025
However, in the long run, higher tariffs may help protect the viability of certain U.S. manufacturers and could incent greater investment in U.S. manufacturing.
—Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
These structural elements incent the current OEMs to limit product line breadth and create derivatives that stretch existing product lines across multiple use cases.
—Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Incent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incent. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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